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ron Expositor
stablished 1860
cPhaillicLean, Editor.
1Sieda Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
utsday afternoon by McLean
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SEAFORTH, Friday, June 17, 1938
Social Credit Is Not For
Saskatchewan
The people of Saskatchewan will
have nothing to do with a Social
Credit form of Government for their
Province. That point was definitely
and convincingly settled in the gen-
eral election of Wednesday of last
week.
The outstanding feature of that
election was the intensive drive
made by the Social Credit party,
led in person by Premier Aberhart,
to capture Saskatchewan. Not only
the Premier, but most of his Cabinet
participated, but it was all in vain.
Out of thirty-nine Social Credit
candidates, only two were elected,
and they with kmajorities SO small
that recounts will follow. In addi-
tion, nineteen of the party's candi-
dates lost their deposits.
It was a crushing defeat, as well
as the best news that has come from
the -West in quite some time. As we
predicted some weeks ago there was
nothing said during the campaign
aboutthe: twenty-five dollars a
month fdr every man, woman and
child in the Province.
' That plank which was the bait
with which Mr. Aberhart caught Al-
berta, and which was the greatest
piece of election bribery ever perpe-
trated by a political party in Canada
or anywhere else, was entirely •omit-
ted, ut in its place were others
equa y impossible of fulfilment,
where they were not actually dis-
honest.
The Saskatchewan •election shat-
ters the dream of Mr. Aberhart for
united West, under his leadership,
*filch has held ever since his
election to power in All,,.?rta, First
it was British Columbia which turn-
ed a deaf ear t� his blandishments,
and then came Saskatchewan with
an even more determined refusal
The result of the election proves
oomething else. It proves that the
people of Saskatchewan, in spite of
the drought and pestilence that has
ridden them for the past seven or
eight years, a condition that has
left them' in so many eases impover-
ished and debt ridden, are still fun-
damentally honest.
One wonders now 'about Alberta.
Will that Province continue to wor-
ship at the shrine of Mr. Aberhart
and his discredited Social Credit
party, or will it, too, follow in the
footsteps of Saskatchewan and Bri-
tish Columbia?
One thing is certain. It will not
no be called upon to make an im-
mediate' decision. In fact it is now
• apparent, if it was not aIwars
obvious, that the powers that be in
that Province will continue in the
saddle as long as the law permits
them to do so and even longer if
possible.
•
It Still Goes On
Sixteen persons met violent deaths
in Canada over the week -end, and
some hundreds were more or' less
seriously injured on streets and
highways.
• Of the- deaths, six were killed in
motor accidents; seven were drown-
ed, and three were killed in other ac-
cidents. It is an appalling record
and one calculated to leave a deep
impression on the public mind. But
it , oes not 'seem to.
d this is only the beginning of
sumnrier. What will it be when the
-holiday season really starts, when
the people, Old and young, crowd the
highways and the watering places ?
When schools are closed for the sum -
Ater holidays?
What will it be? Tha't is
4,tion, which the motorists, the
air makers, the children, and
'#rents„ will travel -to
“seive& it reSts en -
4,1
Relief Lab,or On The Farm
There is every irilicatinn at this
time that the crops in Huron Coun-
ty, at least, 'will reach the bumper
stage py7,-harvest time. In no other
year hae the prospects been better.
Weather has been ideal and growth
steady, and there would now appear
to be little fear of a June frost.
With bumper crops comes the de-
mand for farm labor, which has be-
come a scarce commodity for some
years past. - Not because there are
no idle men, but chiefly because these
idle men are either physically unfit-
ted for farm work, or absolutely re-
fuse to perform such work.
There are no six and eight hour
days on the farm 'during the sum-
mer months and the work is men's
work. For 'that reason we might
say that too many men; who are on
relief, seems to have a greater dis-
like of such work than they have. of
the evil one, or anything else.
It should not be that way. And it
was not that way until municipal re-
lief, Government relief .and every
other, kind of relief made the state
of idleness more pleasant and profit-
able for an able-bodied man than
that of darning his own living. But
it is that way now.
It might not be a bad plan for the
Government to take -a census •of the
unemployed, classify • it, and then
conscript the able-bodied and have
them available for the coming har-
vest. Adopt the plan of refusing re-
lief, present or future, for all who
refuse to work.
We notice that the Ontario De-
partment of Public Welfare is aware
of the present shortage of farm labor
and with a view of encouraging un-
employed on the farms, has issued a
set of regulations which it hopes will
meet the situation.
• However, the farmers will incline
to the belief that the Department is
a little over optimistic in its regula-
tions. For instance, one of these
regulations reads: "Where the wag-
es are from twenty to one hundred
dollars per month, fifty per cent. of
the earnings may be retained by all
enrployable married men registered
for and in receipt of relief, who ac-
cept farm work."
Perhaps there are some of these
• relief workers who are worth twen-
ty dollars a month and board. Per-
haps there are some who are worth
one hundred dollars, with board
thrown in. But there is no peitaps
about the farmers' side of the ques-
tion. He can not pay any such wag-
es for unskilled labor, no matter how
pressing his- need may be.
And if unemployed relief labor is
looking for any such wages on the
farm, they are looking in vain. There
is plenty of work on the farm to
take care of the big majority of
those now living on relief, but it is
work which must be performed at
wages within the farmer's means. •
•
Going Up A Little
Farm products have been moving
a little, and moving in the right di-
rection. It is true that cattle fell off
a little last -week, but on the whole
cattle have been doing nicely lately.
Hogs have reached the ten dollar
mark and market reports say that
butter and eggs are moving up.
With a bumper crop in prospect;
with pasture abundant and more
young cattle on the grass than we
have seen for many a day, wouldn't
it be nice for the farmers to harvest
all these crops to the tune of rising
prices?
And wouldn't it be nice for the
rest of us, too? That is the good
thing about it all. When the farm-
ers are prosperous, we all get a
piece of that prosperity.
•
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Recession Delays Treaty.
(Kingston Whig-etatr•dard)
One factor, whith is said to have increased
the difficulties of the negotiations, is the bust -
nese receseien In the United States. Th.e change
in the general American, bnsiness, picture since
the agreements were mooted has brought in-
creased pressure by certain American interests
against any tariff change. Talk in Congress
about the dab:gets of lowering tariff bars has
possibly eshbarnassed and its softie degree delay-
ed deeiteions and moires by the American negets
tlators. The strong attitude a SedretarY 001401
Hall to favor of greater freedom of trade- by
reelprecar'bargaining, however, carries evident
cleat/ranee that the pee -eh -01000a iblitrenee ot
entrant &auditions in the :United State% wm not
be allowed to exert undue weight_
Years Agone
Interesting. lelans Picked From
The Huron -EacposItor of Fifty and
Twenty -flys Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
June 20,1913
Mr. Richert, of Mount Forest, has
been appointed Prineipal ma Science
Ma.ster of Win,gham High Schnell
Rev. Mr. Cozens, of Staffa, was one
of the nine young men who were
ordained to the Metboaisbt ministry
at the London, Conference oat Sunday
morning last.
The Wettlaufer.0omPany, Mitethell,
hove patented a machine for making
pressed brick. It is capable of turn -
hag out nine thousand bricks per day.
Mr. ;Robert Strome tdrafteman and
manager, is the genius.
Among those who took in the Grey, -
hound excursion to Detroit were Mr.
Hugh Grieve, Mr. and. Mrs. John Me -
Nay and Mr. James Hills,, of Tucker-
eteith.
Master Orval Twitehell, of Heneall,
bras quite a large collection of wild
animals and birds at the ..bome of
Mr. Burns. Orval has' a talent for
charming and taming these wild
birds,.
Mr, Rora Geiger, wiro successfully
passed bis final examinations as a
druggist, is at present assisting Mr.
A. W. E. Hemphill in Heneall.
Last week a large number of the
friends and neigthbors at Manley of
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Eckert and
family gathered at their home prior
to their leaving for Seaforth and
preseuted them with .easy chairs.
All interested in the Seaforth Col-
legiate Institute and the citizens gen-
erally will regret to learn that Mr.
G. F. Roger, who has been bead mas-
ter of the Collegiate for 12 years, has
resigned to' take a position in North
Bay at an advanced salary.
Mr. Ernie McIntosh has purchased
a new automobile.
Mr. Dan Shanahan has over 200
cattle pasturing on his, several farms
in this vicinity.
Thirty-five years ago there were
ten licensed hotels, one saloon and
frier liquor stores in Seaforth; two
betels and one store in Egniondville,
and one hotel in Hatparhey. Now
there are only . four hotels and one
'liquor store in Seaforee, and no lic-
ertses'• in either Egmondville or Har-
purhey.
'1 he Barbara Kirkman Mission
Band is having a tea on the church
lawn on Wednesday, July 2nd.
Wednesday was a perfect day and
the evening more perfect for a gar-
den' party which was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Grieve,
no; Lb of WintbTop. Among those on
the program were Mr. and Mrs. Mil-
ler, Mr. and Mrs. Styles, Mr. Jenner
and Mr. John Scott, Roxboro. Mr.
Thomas McMillan and Rev. D. Cars-
well gave splendid addresses and the
Seafortls Highlanders Band played a
number ef selections.
An advertisement appeared in this
week's issue stating that for the sum
of $1.50 you could hire Robert Dyball
of Seefortb, tieeterke -you to Bay -field
and back at any hour in his new auto-
mobile, with perfected springs, deep,
seek queltiens ai complete electric
wiring.
Phil Oiifer of Lazy Meadows
(By Harry L Boyle) •
eselleee
RAMBLING RECOLLECTIONS
You know there's northing to beat
a Sunday afternoon in the Lazy
Meadows neighbourhood. There is
some strange atanpsphere that seems
to come down over the farm that
makes it just about the finest place
in the world.
0718 thing eure, the wife veil have
something extra by way of a treat
for the Sunday dinner. Maybe it's an
extra fine piece of ham that she has
roasted, with baked potatoes and new
carrots . . . and it's a funny thing
but a fellow seems to have a better
appetite. True, it is that you haven't
any work to do, but there's a whole
afternoon of solid leisure stretching
ahead.
I can well remember the first sum-
mer that bhe wife and I were here at
Lazy Meadows together. Sunday din-
ner was a spread, and I weeld don
au apron, and hustle her along with
drying the dishes. Then she goes up
and gets her big sun eitet, and. I'd slip
a pouchful of tobacco,hu my pocket,
light up my elpet and we'd be off for
ator of inspeetion of the hundred
acres
Back down the laneway that on
week days was merely a convenient
way of .getting back to the Back Fif-
ty, but an Sunday afternoon, it was
a glamorous roadway. First of all a
stop just behind the barn to examine
the garden and the potatoes, and it
would make a warm sort of glow in
around a fellow's .heart, to see Mrs.
Phil looking In such a prideful way
at the garden she had helped, to
make. •
Then strolling back and stopping
to look over all the fields, and spend-
ing a half hoar in the south pasture
looking for wild strawberries. A lit-
tle toil in putting the rails back up
where the horses had been pushing
them off the fe.n,ce. A dilly-dallying
around to get a cold drink of spring
water.
•
From The Huron Expositor
June 22, 1888
A warm day, a Pleasant companion
'and a fellow grew expansive. Not the-
eort of talk that's handed out to girls
before you are married, but a geale
unfolding of plans. Then watching as
paisreattayreefemateuurtee. register agreement or
The excursion always landed up at
the back of the farm alone the river
bank. There was a pleasure in sit-
ting there quietly listening to the
wind as.dt rustled the tops of the big
trees, and the water as it lapped ov-
ere tboheyewhostones,w andereall etai
eso.hyi,ounsfwrimom
t
ming in the deep "hole" just around
the bend in the river.
Somehow or other a fellow's. hand
would just stray over and pick up a
dantier one. There was a quiet sort
of companionship in 'the surroundings
. . . and both of us would go
dreaming dreams. And then look up
at last sort of smiling, when ' even
our dreams stirred up soinething
that was humorous.
And darkness, would be coming
sifting down over the countryside, be-
fore we even thought of going back
up to the house. • Then at last, the
flies would get so bad that the reali-
ties brought us ,hack to our' senses
the laneway to the
and we would link our arms together
' and go back up
But the feelin!g of the afternoon
would linger on. Even after the ev-
ening chores were done, the dishes
readied up and we were just sitting
looking out the screen door, where
the .outside blackness hemmed in the
light, the Sunday afternoon atmos-
phere would linger on.
There was and always has been to
me here on the farm, a pleasure in
Sunday afternoons. Certainly, if
there can be such a. thing as the
hand of the All -Powerful One in our
world's affairs, it is reflected in giv-
ing us here at Lazy Meadows .one
completeful restful day. •
WIENEMENEERIESSERI
•
JUST A SMILE OR TWO •
•
"Madam, could you give a hungry'
fellow something to eat?"
"Yes, and I can also give an idle
men some work."
41011
•
Teacher: "William, what are the
two genders?"
William: "Masculine and feminine.
The feminine are divided into frigid
and torrid, the masculine into tem-
perate and intemperate."
•
A tourist walking along a country
road, saw a man geeing disconcerted-
ly up a large oak tree.
Following his gaze, the tourist was
amazed to find a baby car wedbged
among tee branches.
"How on earth did that get there?"
be inquired.
"I was cranking it up,' ,,said the
A ' real live bear was seen in dif-
ferent parts of the Townsthip of Grey
during the past week. •
Mr. P. Brown's saw -mill, East Waw-
anosb, was destroyed by fire Thurs-
day morning. The neighbors saved'
a• large quantity of lumber and logs.
We understand that Mr. Thomas
E. Lockhart, who is a student of Man-
itoba College, Winnipeg, has success-
fully passed this session's examina-
tion. Me Lockhart is a son of Mr.
George Lockhart, of McKillop, and
was formerly a pupil of the Seaforth
high sehool.
Many of our metiers will learn with
regret of' the death of Mr. W. N.
Cresswell, the well known artist,
which took place on Tuesdby last in
Tuckeremith.
Mr. Alex Weston left Seaforth on
Monday last to join the Winableton
team, of which he is a member.
The Seaforth Volunteer Company,
with their officers, left on Tuesday
last for Stratford to put in their an-
nual drill.
Miss Dora Wilson, of Seaforth, has
been appointed secretraey-treasurer of
the Alumni Association of the Brant-
ford Young Ladies' College.
'Mr. F. W. Crich, of Seaforth, Sias
been appointed agent in this vicinity
for the Grange Mutual Fire Insurance
Company.
During the first three days of this
week the thermometer averaged 92
degeees in the sihade and 120 degrees
in the sun during the afternoone.
Miss Ida Dickson: and Miss Dora
Wilson have graduated from the
Brantford Yount Ladles' College,
both taking .honerante, and the latter
-.receiving the Scarth Gold Medal for
general proficiency.
Verity & Son, Exeter, received an
order from Manitoba for Plows and
the number was 700—not 100 as wad
forimerly said
A young man named) Samuel
of Seaforth, wliibe working on Mr.
Woods' new house, fell down and
broke two ribs. ' •
Mr. D. M. Buchanan„ of Exeter, has
passed the recent third year exam-
-Motion at • Toronto Unlyersity, tak-
ing first class, honers in civil polity
and second in moral philosbophy and
standing second ' Highest in the class
of civil polity.
Mr. M. Godfrey, youngest son of
Rev. It. Godfrey, of Henson., medical
student and eldest eon of Mr. God-
frey, has passed his final examina-
tion.
During the theederefamen on Thu,rs-
day afternoon of last Week liehtning
• straek a stable op, the farm Of Mr.
Robert Thompsott on the 2eld conees-
Edon of Hay, shattering the timbers
and tearing up Abe foundation.
Mr. Soseph Abet, of Iliraceileld, i• s
having his hotel' iepalnted, bath Ile
side and Oa, and te atki halt:fttgother
tiktenattre Deplane. Made,
owner, gloomily, "and
the handle!"
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tolanty Papers
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- Student Wins Scholarship
Kathleen Cosens, who is just com-
pleting the upper school course In
the Clinton Collegiate has been award-
ed a Leonard Foundation Scholarship
of $250 M the University of Toronto.
The sielaelarship is based on the term
work throughout the year Colleg-
iate course, and fihrefiewable if the.
University, work is, of .the required.
standard.—Clinton News -Record.
Graduates From Western University
Mr. George E. Jenkins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Jenkins, Ottawa, re- •
ceived the degree of Doctor of Medi
cine at the recent convocation of the
University of Western Ontario. He
will begin his duties at the Civic
hos.pital,, Ottawa, on July lst. He Is
a nephew of Mr. and Mrs:' T. R. Jen-
kins, Clinton.—Clinton News -Record
Graduate As Nurses
The Capital Theatre was filled welt
an intereeted audience on Friday af-
ternoon, to witness the exercises in
connection with the graduation of
nurses from the Alexandra Hospital
training school. The stage Wes beau-
tifully decorated -for the occasion
with early summer flowers. The mem-
bers of the graduating claw •seated
upon the stage, were Miss Ida Marie
White, Miss. Lulu Elizabeth Mills,
Mies. Mildred Jean Sallows, Miss Eliz-
abeth Helen Black and Mies Ida Eliz-
abeth Elliott.--Ooderich Signal -Star,
Silver Wedding Celebration -
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Vines, Eight
Ave.", 'Thursday eelebrated the twen-
ty-fifth anniversary of their wedding.
With their son, Frank, they entertained a number oe friends to dinner
in. the evening. More than thirty
guests attended. On June 9, 1913, at
Windsor, Harry. G. Vines maeried
Miss Emily Chapple. Mr. Vines is a
C.P.R. employee. They came to God-
erich five years ago from Toronto.—
Goderich Signal -Star.
Acting Postmistress
On Saturday Mrs. J. A. Lee wae
appointed acting postmistress there to
take charge until the appointment of
a successor to tee late John' Galt.
Mrs. Lee came to Goderich from
Southampton in November, 1936, af-
ter Mr. Galt's health had filed.--
Goderich, Signal -Star.
Fractured ,Leg
Mr. ,Stephen Hogarth suffered a •
fracture of Lis right leg below the
knee Wednesday of last week while
visiting at the farm of his son-in-law,
Mr. Amber Carter, of Prospect Hill.
He was standing on a box when the
box gave way under him, twisting his
leg with the above result. He was
brought to his home in an ambulance.
His many friends, 'however, hope
that lie may soon be around again.—
Exeter Times -Advocate.
• Real Estate Change
The auction sale of the house ane
householdeffects of the late Mrs.
Sarah Kyle was held on' Saturday af-
ternoon last at which there was a
large attendance. Good prizes •Wel'
realized for the. household effe ct s.
Mr. John Prout, of Usborne, purchas-
ed the .house at a price of 4700. M.
Frank Taylor was the auctioneer. --
Exeter Timee-Advocate.
Fifteen Candidates Confirmed
Bishop Seeger confirmed a class
of 15 candidates at Grace Church,
Greenway. The candidates were pre-
sented by Rev. F. L. Lewin, rector
of Parkhill and Greenway parishes,—
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Work Started on Pavement,
Workmen have started, laying the
ben -foot strip of pavement from Ailsa
Craig to Parkhill, on No. 7 highway.
The Honsberger Paving Company hae
the contract. — Exeter Times -Advo-
cate.
Foot Badly Castled
Mx. Malcolm Graham, of the Bell
Telephone staff, received a nasty cut
on his right ankle while at work on
Monday. The accident happened ia
rather a peculiar manner. Mr. Gra-
ham was working neateSt. Helensand
as hestepped aside from a fallen:
tree his foot came in contact with a
sheep axe which was lying in the
glass. It cut through his boot and
cut a ,gash below his ankle that re-
quired eight stitches to close.—Wing-
ham Advance -Times.
Moderator of Presbyterian Church
Mr. Donald MaoOdeuro, of Brock-
ville, Ont., was- elected moderator of
the Presbyterian Church in Canada at
the 64th , annual general assembly i n
Toronto laet week.—Wingham Ad-
vance-Titnes.
Anglers Land Big Fellows
Messrs. D. A. Rana and H. B. At -
02 Brussels, were visitors in
town last Friday evening while on.
their 'homeward journey after a
week's fishing trip at Madawaska.
Lake. Mr. Ranee whe le a veteran
follower of the Isaac Walton Clan,
landed two fine specimens of lake
trout weighing 13' and 15 pounds,
while Mr. Allen displayed a couple -
of lesser averdupois weight slightly
over 11 and 9 pounds—Brussels Post.
WiM Build Teeswater Stand
The contract for building the
grandstand! at Teeswater agricultural
park has been let to R. J. Hueston,
of Gorrie—Brussels Post.
Scott - Colquhoun
Thames Road parsonage was the
scene of a lovely wedding Wednes-
day at twelve o'clock, when Rev_ "
Mar united in marriage, Allen°.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs,. Duncan
Colquhoun of Starts and James Scott,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Seott, of
Oromanty. The lovely young bride
wore a frock of pink sheer, pink hat
,and grey abeessories. Her coat also,
being in grey. She carried a shower
bouquet of pink and white carnations
and roses. Her Sister, Wm, Hazel
(3olquhoun, was an attractive, brides-
m'arld, 'wearing a gown of flowered
sheer on a white background and car-
ryiing a bouquet of pink carnations
The groom was supported by his bro-
ther, Gordon Seat.' Following tho
ceremony bhe bridal party returned to
the bride's home where wedding din-
ner ware served to the immediate rel-
atives by Mrs. Lloyd Coleshoun and 1.
daughter, Kathteen, martins of the
bride. Later the young couple left •
by meter for 'Portent° aftd Buffalo, N.
Ydev.soneadt,nth
on eir return Will take up
residence near Cromarty. — Mitchell
A
it flew right off
"That's larceny," said the police
sergeant to a young
woman pickling
blooms from a shrubbery bed.
The smart miss replied: "I thought
it was rhododendron," but it cost her
a fine of two shillings and six pence.
Patient: "I'm all out of sorts; the
doctor said the only way to cure my
rheumatism was to stay away from
all dampness."
Frieude "What's so bough about
te.at?"
Patient: "You don't know bow sil-
ly it makes me feel to sit in an emp-
ty bathtut and go over myself with
a vacuum cleaner!"
vassmazimasasi
• PRESS RATE : COLLECT
•
• • (By Harry J. Boyle)
Have you ever stopped to 'consider
who is responsible for bringing you
the news? Not the foreign news of
Russia and Europe, Mussolini or Hit-
ler—but the men or women who are
responsible for the news inthis paper
or the dailies. It's the kind of news
that you like to read, because it eon-
cerns people just like yourself. It's
the "to home" news.
We all have a conception of what
a city reporter is like. Our informa-
tion may have been by actual experi-
ence, or it may have beep from mov-
ies or magazines. You may picture
him as a "liquor-guzzlin " genius who
has but to take one look at a scene
and then sit down at a typewriter and
spill forth magic, glowing words. I
know him as a hard-working individ-
ual, keenly interested in his job with
a wife and family at home. He's not
the ran I'm talking about.
Today both rural and metropolitan
newspapers are depending more and
more on country correspondents for
news tips. From out of that portion
oe the country called the i'stickse by
city people, there have come' stories
that have both shocked and thrilled
the world,. A train wreck . . . a
bush fire . . the story of the quin-
tuplets carne from a hitherto un-
known portion of the Province • . .
the story of the Masse children clos-
er to home. It may be a freak, a
murder . . . or just a visit from a
boy who came from your town, and
who has made good.
When you pick up a daily news-
paper naturally you scan across the
headitne,s. Reamml . . . Mussolini
Bluffs England . . League of Na-
tions Doomed'. . . but then you flip
over the pa.ges•until you come to the
local news section. There is a date
line . . . JONESVILLE or PLAIN
TOWN, or wherever you live, or the
nearest village. True, it's not so
startling, that it will excite tho whole
world, but it's NEWS to you, because
It concerns the people and the places
in ivhich you are intetested. Those
aeries are the work of country cor-
respondents.
Vaguely he's referred to as "work-
ing for some city paper." He writes
a little. Or it may be: "Can't un-
deretand that •fellow, he never works."
Occasionally he -comes to you to ask
cpfeetions about some person or some
incident of bhe past. You tell him
rather in a grudging sort of way, and
when the .story appears In the news-
piaper you condemn him for not hav-
ing all the details.
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Just what is a country correspond-
ent? Some times he's a young fel-
low who works eareteme in, a groc-
ery store or a printing shop. He may
be just ottt of college, fired, with am-
bition, to get on a daily newspaper.
mit Somehow all the positions are
filled with experienced newepaper-
Mete The telegraph editor spots a
tewn not coyered by a reenter cor-
respontlentiand sends,taim there.. lie'
on his own! Some day if he's per-
sistent enough he may join the staff
of a daily newspaper. Perhaps he
may be a newspaperman retired from
active work, who still keeps his fin-
gers in printer's ink by working this
way.
How does a correspondent work?
Oorresporedents, except the ones who
are on staff positions' and employed
at a wage, for the most part are paid
for what allpears in the newspaper,
on what is called a space rate. It's
so ranch per column printed. In fact,
it's a case of the mere news he ob-
tains the more he makes.
We'll take the caseet Steve Foster.
He is title oorrespondent in a small
town of two thousand population.
Nothing very startling ever happens,
with the exception of an eccasional
fire, and on occasions a local young
man getting himself illuminated with
fire -water and proceeding to land in
the local "calaboose." With the pro-
per and correct information, Steve
sends the story in to his paper. The
editor sees a chance for a really good
item, injects a word or two of humor
and captions it with a prominent
hemline. Nine -tenths of the people of
the small towns chuckle to themselves',
but the other one-tenth glower be-
cause they happen to be relatives of
the dissipating youth. They just
can't s,ee why their erring relative
should be fodder for the mill of news.
Then Steve has trouble with the
Ladies' Aid. That worthy band of
souls have regular meetings at which
they have discussions of grave im-
portance (that is, it is' to them). They
bring a wordy report to our young
friend and tell him to wire it in to
his newspaper. Now, that roieans
sending it by telegraph . . . PRESS
RATE: COLLECT . . and the
newspaper pays the charges. About
one thousands words of names and
figures from the ladies and Steve
would find himself either out of a
job or else blasted, by a hanassed
Telegrapih Editor. Of Course, Steve
k,netwing his job, copies it out on a
typewriter to Make it legible, ar-
ranges Ae story into a way that will
make it more interesting and let's it
go by mail. That may be the day
that the newspaper has a heavy draft
of news and the story is cut and the
more important Items put in the is-
sue. Steve finds himself an outcast
as far as the Ladies' Aid, are con-
cerned, because the paper didn't print
the names of all who were present.
Another type of person who really
gets in Steve's ;hair are the ones who
imagine news. They call from out-
atee-way place to give him al tip
on a story. It's a real break! There
isn't time to check on the details In
order to make the canary editeen of
'tho neWepaper, and so he 40141%8 It In.
Next day the whole countryside is
about -wild talking over the story. It
was a figment Of an overworked.. lans
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